Railroad-tie.



No. 796,140. .PATENTBD AUG. 1, 1905.;

- W. A. MOORE.

RAILROAD TIE.

APPLICATION FILED MAE. 15, 1905.

JNVENTOR,

WITNESS/Es UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFIOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 1', 1905.

Application led March 15, 1905. Serial N o. 250,144.

T0 all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, WILLIAM ALEXANDER MOORE, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Railroad-Tie, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. p

My invention relates to improvements in railroad-ties and in means for fastening a railway-rail to the tie.

The obj ect of my invention is to produce a metallic tie which is very simple` and cheap, which can be rolled out to the requisite shape by ordinary rolling-mills, which is constructed so as to be particularly stron ywhich is adapted to sup ort a rail of usua construction, which is a so built in such a way that it can be embedded in the road-bed and the latter will have firm grip on the tie, so as to prevent its displacement, and which has a very convenient and secure means for fastening a rail to it.

With these ends in view my invention consists of certain features of construction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of referencerindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a broken plan view of my improved tie, showing a rail in place on two adjacent sleepers. Fig. 2 is a view, partly in elevation and partly in cross-section, of two sleepers or ties with the rail attached; and Fig. 3 is a broken detail perspective view showing particularly the rail-fastening clip and the means for securing it in place.

The cross-tie or sleeper has necessarily a flat top surface 10, on which the rail rests, and has, preferably, vertical sides 11, which merge into the foot-flanges 12. This structure is preferably made, as described and as shown best in Fig. 2, with the raised central ortion of the tie of rectan ular cross-section, because this is easy to roll and itis particularly strong. Moreover, it will be seen that the foot-Hanges 12 are embedded in the roadbed, as is the greater part of the body portion of the tie, while the hollow part of the tie can also be filled with the ballast of the roadbed, and so the tie is very secure. However, the sides 11 can be more or less inclined without particularly affecting the principle of the invention. The structure shown gives a very firm seat for the rail 13 which is of the usual 0r any preferred shape, and the rail is held in place by the fastening-clips 14, 'which are of metal and which are adapted to fit iiat on the tie-top and have raised portions 14a, which iit over the rail-flanges and against the railweb, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2.

To provide for conveniently fastening the clip 14, each clip has a bolt-hole 15, which is a little off the center and which is adapted to receive the bolt 16, and this has the customary head and a squared portion 16a on its shank, which squared portion is adapted to fit in the narrow part 17 a of the bolt-hole 17, which is the tie 10, these elongated holes 17 172L being made, preferably, parallel with the rail. To fasten the parts together, the bolt is placed in the hole 17 and the squared part 16'EL pushed into the slot 171`of the hole, while the body portion of the bolt is pushed up through the hole 15 in the clip 14. This arrangement brings the part 14L against the flange and web of the rail, and when the nut is applied to the bolt-top,as in Fig. 2, the rail clip and tie are all securely fastened together. To provide against any accidental loosening of `the parts and to prevent the bolt 16 from cree ing byany possibility into the larger partpof the hole 17, the clip has on its under side a boss or stop 14h, which can be'conveniently punched down in the clip, as shown in Fig. 2, and this boss or stop striking the wall of the hole 17 holds the clip securely against any lateral slipping. I have shown a small boss or stop 14h; but, if desired, it can be made large enough to practically plug the hole 17. The clip 14 can be removed by `loosening the nut on the bolt 16 enough to let the boss 14b slip over the edge of the hole 17 when the clip and bolt can be slid till the bolt can be withdrawn through the perforation 17 and the'replacing of the'clip can be accomplished with as much ease.

From the foregoing descri tion it will be seen that the tie can be easilyV aid in the roadbed, the rails conveniently applied to the tie, and that the fastening-clips and bolts can be placed in positionv very quickly and easily, and that when positioned and fastened, as shown, they hold the rail securely.

I-Iaving thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by 'Letters Patent`` 1. The combination with the hollow tie havin holes therein, the said holes merging into s ots, said slots extending parallel with the rails, of the clips shaped to fit arail-fiange,

and securely produced in the top of a bolt to eXtend through the clip and the slot, ange, a bolt to extend through the clip and and a boss on the clip to enter the hole and having a squared portion to enter the slot, engage the Wall thereof at a point opposed to and a boss on the Clip to engage the well of' the slot. the hole at a point opposed to the slot.

2. The combination with the hollow tie WILLIAM ALEXANDER MOORE. havin holes therein7 the said holes merging Witnesses: into s ots, said slots extending parallel With MARTIN BoBBs,

the rails, of the clips shaped to t a rail- CHARLES MOORE. 

